Book details Big Nate is going for broke in the fourth novel in the hilarious New York Times bestselling series by Lincoln Peirce! Amazon.com
★★★★½ (Four and a half stars out of five) Best for: Fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid , Calvin and Hobbes , and anyone who ever spent a Saturday in detention.
In the fourth installment of the main Big Nate novel series , Nate Wright faces a massive challenge as his school, P.S. 38, takes on their rivals from Jefferson Middle School. big nate volume 4
For collectors, the ISBN for the first edition paperback of Volume 4 is 978-1449402488 .
The story centers on the fierce rivalry between Nate’s school, P.S. 38, and Jefferson Middle School, which seems to beat Nate's school at everything. The conflict comes to a head during the "Ultimate Snowdown," a winter snow-sculpture competition. Book details Big Nate is going for broke
For fans of the supporting cast, Volume 4 offers plenty of "Spitsy" the dog moments. Nate is tasked with dog-sitting his friend’s hyperactive, drooling, loveable disaster of a mutt. The dog manages to destroy Nate’s prized comic book collection, leading to one of the most visually expressive sequences of rage in the entire series. Peirce’s drawings of steam coming out of Nate’s ears are legendary here.
: The plot centers on the "Ultimate Snowdown," a winter snow-sculpture competition where Nate hopes to finally secure a victory. 38, takes on their rivals from Jefferson Middle School
Nate believes he is destined to be the next Michelangelo—if Michelangelo had used markers and drawn cartoons of his teachers. In Volume 4, Nate’s artistic endeavors go too far when he decides to "improve" the school’s bulletin board. The result is a masterpiece of vandalism that lands him in detention for a week. This arc perfectly highlights the recurring theme of the series: Nate’s ambition is always bigger than his ability to follow rules.
When it comes the tumultuous, hilarious, and often detention-filled world of middle school, no one captures the spirit of a mischievous sixth-grader quite like Lincoln Peirce. For decades, fans of the Big Nate comic strip and book series have followed the misadventures of Nate Wright, a self-proclaimed genius with a knack for troublemaking. While the illustrated novel series (starting with Big Nate: In a Class by Himself ) is wildly popular, the compilation volumes of the daily and Sunday comic strips hold a special place in the hearts of purists.